Mass Production of High-Precision Glass Products with Complex Three-Dimensional Shapes
First written in FY2019. 7 of 9 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020. Latest entry: FY2026.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The company has completed the basic technology development of its proprietary FP method, which further improves molding precision based on the conventional direct-press method, and is proceeding with technical verification for the transition to mass production using a new melting furnace and molding equipment.」
For the high-precision press method, the company has completed basic technology development and advanced to the technical-verification stage for the transition to mass production using a new melting furnace and molding equipment. It is also proceeding with the development of double-sided and free-form lenses using G-injection®. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The new glass manufacturing line, which began operating in April 2025, enables smaller lenses, higher definition and finer cells, allowing the company to steadily capture the shift back to glass associated with the transition to solid-state light sources.」
Regarding the mass-production base for high-precision glass products with complex shapes, the company states that the new glass manufacturing line began operating in April 2025. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Following the successful development of the high-precision press method (FP method), the company decided to invest in a new melting furnace and molding equipment using this method.」
Following the successful development of the high-precision press method, the company decided to invest in a new melting furnace and molding equipment. This is linked to the plan to strengthen the mass-production base through ¥690 million of investment, with operations scheduled to begin in April 2025. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The company produces fly-eye lenses for projectors at its head office plant, but the glass-melting furnace has reached the end of its service life, requiring an equipment renewal. In conjunction with this renewal, the company resolved to make a capital investment to install a melting furnace and molding equipment incorporating a new molding method in order to further advance its proprietary direct-press technology. This will enable smaller, higher-precision lenses and finer cells, support the shift to solid-state light sources in projectors, and facilitate product expansion into automotive applications requiring higher precision. Planned investment: ¥690 million Scheduled start of operations: April 2025」
The company decided to invest in equipment incorporating a new molding method to further advance its existing direct-press technology, with the aim of making lenses smaller and more precise and cells finer. The plan is a specific initiative to strengthen the mass-production base, with investment of ¥690 million and operations scheduled to begin in April 2025. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「The company is developing and mass-producing a high-precision press method that further improves processing precision and a glass injection molding method capable of producing complex three-dimensional shapes (G-injection®: Glass Injection method).」
The company states that it has moved beyond the development stage and is mass-producing products using the high-precision press method and G-injection®. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「This fiscal year, the company successfully developed a high-precision press method that further improves processing precision and a glass injection molding method capable of producing complex three-dimensional shapes.」
The company reports the successful development of a high-precision press method and a glass injection molding method capable of producing complex three-dimensional shapes. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「The company will mass-produce products with complex three-dimensional shapes through a new molding process based on its existing direct-press process using molten glass. By narrowing the range of temperature variation and introducing a new high-precision press that enables more precise pressure control in a vacuum atmosphere, the company will mass-produce highly precise products approaching the precision of the isothermal press method with high productivity.」
The medium-term plan independently presents, for the first time, measures to mass-produce complex three-dimensional and high-precision glass products through the introduction of a new molding process and high-precision press equipment.